United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2026 (August 6 Democratic primary)
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| Democratic primary Republican primary General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: March 10, 2026 |
| Primary: August 6, 2026 General: November 3, 2026 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times:
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| Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2026 |
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U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th • 8th • 9th Tennessee elections, 2026 U.S. Congress elections, 2026 U.S. Senate elections, 2026 U.S. House elections, 2026 |
A Democratic Party primary takes place on August 6, 2026, in Tennessee to determine which Democratic candidate will run in the state's general election on November 3, 2026.
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Heading into the election, the incumbent is Bill Hagerty (Republican), who was first elected in 2020.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Tennessee utilizes a closed primary process; a voter must either be registered with a political party or must declare his or affiliation with the party at the polls on primary election day in order to vote in that party's primary.[1]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Thirty-three of the 100 U.S. Senate seats are up for election, and another two seats are up for special election. Democrats hold 13 of the seats up for election, and Republicans hold 22. As of January 2026, nine members of the U.S. Senate announced they are not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. Senate elections taking place this year, click here.
This page focuses on Tennessee's United States Senate Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2026 (August 6 Republican primary)
- United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2026
Candidates and election results
Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:
- Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
- Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee
Diana Onyejiaka is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 6, 2026.
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Tennessee
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Diana Onyejiaka | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Tennessee in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Tennessee, click here.
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Tennessee | U.S. Senate | All candidates | 25 | N/A | 3/10/2026 | Source |
See also
- United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2026 (August 6 Republican primary)
- United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2026
- United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2026
- United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2026
- United States Senate elections, 2026
- U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2026
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